Siemens NK8237 MP4.40 Installation, Function & Configuration, Commissioning page 44

Configuration
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Building Technologies
Fire Safety & Security Products
Linking the fire panels to the NK8237
All fire panels must be linked to the NK8237. Proceed as follows:
1. Select and expand the NK8237 Ethernet to display the
BACnet Client Protocol.
2. Select the node of the first FC20xx/FC72x panel.
3. Drag and drop the selection to BACnet Client Protocol.
A new node appears in the tree under the protocol representing the link.
4. Repeat the last two steps for all the panels of the fire system.
Tip: If several stations have to be linked to the network driver, you can profit of
the Composer grid mode and link all stations in one shot. Just proceed as follows:
Expand the NK8237 Ethernet to display the BACnet Client Protocol.
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Select the FS20/FS720 system node.
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Select the Children tab: the list of stations appears.
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Select all stations: click the first FC20xx/FC72x icon (in the first column, see
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image below), then press the SHIFT key and click the last icon in the list. Alter-
natively, you can also select one icon after the other keeping the CTRL key
pressed.
Keeping the SHIFT or CTRL key pressed, drag and drop the selected list to the
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Network Driver. Note that you may wait a little while before the link icon Error!
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nation node.
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